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The Ki-44 should be the next step from the Ki-43, but was not so good, not powerful and with weapons of a longer range, so the have near dogfights. The fuselage is big in the front and very small behind the cockpit, so it looks fast.

The Hasegawa kit is good and fine detailed, but the decals are not thin as nomal today.

Looks good to me! The Ki-44 was something akin to the P-43 or P-47 in design- a bomber interceptor with time to climb it's primary design spec, and firepower/hitting power against bombers its' second concern, as opposed to the Ki-43 and Ki-84 with dogfighting being it concern.

Another new one on me - I should learn some more about IJ Aircraft I guess.

It's a lovely job though - well done!

I dunno much about IJ planes either, but they always strike me as being quite colorful

nice job, mate!

thanks for comments, I like the Shoki and you to so I build one more, this time the old Arii kit with a camo stationed in china in 1944